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Since the Fund’s limited resources need to
be utilized in support of action programmes within UNFPA’s mandate, it will not be
possible to support the implementation of action programmes aimed at producing
non-polluting technologies, decentralizing congested urban areas, reforestation and
resettlement programmes, water purification, more balanced habitats, etc. Though it is
important to understand how these particular issues interact with population variables,
growth and distribution to affect environments, actions to resolve them per se will be
contingent on financial and technical assistance by agencies and organizations more
directly concerned with them. Therefore, UNFPA assistance in the area of population and
environment will focus on research and analysis, including country case studies;
awareness-creation and sensitization; integrated MCH/FP in environmental management
projects; special women’s projects; population policy formulation and planning; and
training. In providing such assistance, however, emphasis will be placed on interagency
cooperation and joint programming ventures. This is important because links between
population and environment are complex, multi-disciplinary, and transcend sectoral
concerns of governments and their development partners. Appropriate avenues for such
ventures include, for example, the agencies of the Joint Consultative Group on Policy
(JCGP), comprising UNDP, UNICEF, IFAD, WFP and UNFPA, as well as international and
national non-governmental agencies such as the World Conservation Union (IUCN).
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